Improvement in horse-collars



J W. SOHWANER, OF EGG HARBOR CITY, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 113

,802, dated April 18, 1871.

IMPRQVEMENT IN HORSE-COLLARS.

The Schedule:l referred te in these Letters Patent and making part of 'the same.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, Jorn: W. schwimmt, oi' Harbor City, in' the county of Atlantic and State oi' Newlersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseollars, and I do hereby declare that the following is full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is a front view of my improved collar.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a part ofthe shell or frame of the saule, the cover and stutlng being re-' moved.

Figure 3 is a detail crosssection of the same taken through the line x x, g. 2.

Figure 4 is a detail view ofthe device by which the tug and neck-yoke strap are connected with the collar.

Figure 5 is a detail View of the collar-fastener.

Figure 6 shows a modification of the device shown in fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Y l

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of horse-collars so that they may lit more closely to the horses neck, be more easy upon the horse, retain their form better, be stronger, more durable, and be more easily made and more readily put on and taken oi the horse than collars constructed in the ordinary manner; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the collar, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the shells or foundation-plates of the collar, which are made of two pieces of sheet-iron struck up into the proper form and hinged to each other at their upper ends, as shown in iig. 2,

Upon the inner edge of the plates or shells A is formed a shoulder, to which is secured, by nails, screws, or rivets, a Wooden rib, B, between which and the said shoulder is clamped the ,edge of the cover C of the collar.

The wooden rib B not only forms a firm forward edge to the collar, but also and especially serves as a stop to thestuiing, and prevents it from being crowded out of place when the collaris in use.

The cover O is formed in two pieces to give it the proper forni.

The forward edge of the inner part or piece of the cover (l is clamped between the shoulder of the shell or plate A and the wooden rib B, and to its rear edge is sewed the rear edge of the outer part or piece of said cover.

llhe forward edge of the outer piece of the cove is turned in, is fastened by sewing or other conven icnt means to the forward part of the inner piece o the cover, and is pressed down into the angle of the shoulder of the plate or shell A.

rlhc cover is further secured in place bythe turrots and other attachments of thc collar. rihe collar may he stuffed by a machine.

i.) are the turrets, which screw into a screw-socket or uut, E, attached to the shells or plates A..

l is arnet-allie bar, which is made angulo-r, as shown in iig. 2.

The end oi' the short arm oi` the bnr F rests against the wooden rib B, and is secured to it by a screw, nail, or rivet.

rlhe long arm oi' the bar F extends longitudinally along the lower part of the shell or plate A, and has screw-holes or sockets formed in or attached to it to receive the screws by which the pieces G and fastenings H are secured to the collar.

The pieces G upon the collars of single harnesses are made wide, with a single arm, g1, to receive the .eye of the haine-tug.

In the case of the collars .of double harnesses the pieces G are made with two arms, one, g1, to receive the eye of the haine-tug, and the other, y, to receive the neck-yoke strap or bail.

The end of thc arm g may have a hook formed in it, as shown in iig. i, to receive the link of a chaiu trace.

If desired, the piece G may be omitted and the tug secured to the collar by the screw that fasterus the piece G in place, said screw passing through a hole in the tug and screwing into its socket iu the bar F.

The lower ends of the collar are fastened in place by the fastening "H, which is made in four or more pieces.

The part or piece h1 is secured to the lower part through the shell or plate A and screws into the screw-hole iu the lower end of the bar F.

To the free end ofthe piece h1 is pivoted or hinged the end of the piece h2, in the other end of which is formed an eye or loop to receive the hook of the piece ha, the other end of which is secured to the bar F by a screw in the same manner as the piece h1.

The piece h2 may be made in one piece, as shown in figs. l and 5, or in two or more pieces hinged or pivoted to cach other. l

through the eye or loop of the piece h2.

of one part of the collar by a screw, which passes' The piece or lever h4 is pivoted to the end of the piece 71,3, and is so formed that it may be readily passed p Upon the piece h, near its pivoted end, is formed` a. notch or recess to' receive the end of the piece h and lift it over the hook of the piece 7|P in closing or locking the fastening.

The inner end of the piece h* should ,project so much that when the outer or free end of said piece is moved away from the collar in unlocking the fastening tlie said projecting end may mise the end of the piece h? over the hook of the piece h, and thus vunfasben the collar.

.When in use, the draft-strain will hold the various V parts of the fastening securely in place.

nages 'Having tbus described nay invention,

by Letters Pate plates or shells A and woodeu'l'ibs B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposes s et forth.

JOHN W.v SOHWANEB,f

Witnesses HEBNRIGH PRANGE, AUGUST STEPHANY. 

